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dry in the oven. Grate the yellow part and use for flavoring cakes. It will give a delicious orange taste. How to Prevent Fish from Breaking Up When Frying--When frying fish, if the pieces are put in the hot fat with the skin side uppermost, and allowed to brown well before turning, there will be no possibility of the fish breaking up. To Remove Cake from Tin--When taking a cake from the oven, place the cake tin on a damp cloth for a moment and the cake will turn out of the tin quite easily. Lemon Juice for Boiling Rice--A few drops of lemon juice added to boiling rice will help to keep the grains separate and will make them white. Onion for Boston Baked Beans--Bake a small onion with your Boston baked beans to prevent indigestion and add to their fine flavor. Hint for Baking Gems--When filling gem pans with batter leave one pan without batter and fill with water. This will prevent the gems from burning on top. Sandpaper for Cleaning Pots--Always keep a piece of fine sandpaper by the sink with which to clean pots. To Prevent Cake from Sticking to Tins after baking, first grease the tins and then dust them with flour. Lightly beat out the loose flour, leaving only that which sticks to the grease. This does away with the old-fashioned method of lining the pans with greased paper. To Peel Apples Easily--Pour boiling water over the cooking apples and they will be much easier to peel. This will be found a considerable saving of time when busy. When Bread is Too Brown--When bread is baked in too hot an oven and the outside crust gets too brown, do not attempt to cut it off, but as soon as the bread gets cold rub it over with a coarse tin grater and remove all the dark-brown crust. Mustard for Removing Odors from the Hands--Ground mustard is excellent for cleaning the hands after handling onions and other things with disagreeable odors. Economy in Use of Candles--A candle which has burned too low to remain in the candlestick can be used to the very end if removed from the stick and placed on a penny or other small, flat piece of metal. To Get Rid of Spiders--A good way to rid the house of spiders is to take pieces of cotton wool, saturate them with oil of pennyroyal and place them in their haunts. To Rid the Kitchen of Flies--Take a cup of vinegar and place it on the stove where it will simmer enough to make an odor. To Clear Beetles Out of Cupboards and larders, sprinkle a little benzine ov
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